William Baxter may refer to: Politicians William Baxter (Nova Scotia politician) (1760–1832), physician and politician in Nova Scotia William Edward Baxter (1825–1890), British politician and traveller William Duncan Baxter (1868–1960), mayor of Cape Town, South Africa, 1907–1908 William Baxter (Scottish politician) (1911–1979), British Labour Party politician, MP 1959–1974 Scholars and educators William Baxter (scholar) (1650–1723), Welsh scholar William Baxter (Oxford Botanic Garden curator) (1787–1871), Scots botanist, author of British Phaenogamous Botany William Baxter (botanist) (died c. 1836), English botanist who collected in Australia William Baxter (law professor) (1929–1998), American law professor William H. Baxter (born 1949), American linguist William Baxter (clergyman) (1820–1880), second president of Arkansas College Other William Giles Baxter (1856–1888), English cartoonist William Robert Baxter (born 1960), British hospitality entrepreneur William "Bucky" Baxter (1955–2020), American guitarist Will Baxter, a fictional character in Eureka Seven anime series See also Bill Baxter (disambiguation) Billy Baxter (disambiguation)